Week of May 25th

Monday

No School - Memorial Day

Tuesday - Friday

Watch and discuss The Crucible.

Week of May 11th

Monday - Tuesday

Workshop final reflective essay and presentation

Wednesday - Friday

Final reflection share.

Week of May 4th

Monday

Final preparation for debate.

Tuesday - Thursday

Students will present debates.

Friday

Reading Day

Week of April 27th

Monday - Thursday

Research and prepare for debate.

Friday

Reading Day

Week of April 20th

Monday

Final Copy - Historical Fiction Due
Unit 15 Vocabulary Due

Tuesday

Unit 15 Vocabulary Test

Wednesday - Friday

Research and prepare for debate.

Week of April 13th

Monday

Historical Fiction Short Story Due
Introduce Unit 15 Vocabulary - Due April 20th

Tuesday - Wednesday

Historical Fiction Peer Review

Thursday - Friday

Historical Fiction Workshop - Final Draft Due Monday, April 20th.

Week of April 6th

Monday

No School - Easter Break

Tuesday - Friday

Students will be completing a project on historical fiction. They will research and complete a graphic organizer on an existing short story. Then they will write their own four page historical fiction piece.

Week of March 30th

Monday

Vocabulary, Unit Fourteen Due

Tuesday - Wednesday

Finish How To Speeches

Thursday

Unit Fourteen Vocabulary Test

Friday

No School - Easter Break

Week of March 23rd

Monday

Workshop How To Speech

Tuesday

Introduce Unit Fourteen Vocabulary

Wednesday - Friday

How To Speeches

Week of March 16th

Monday

No School

Tuesday

Unit Thirteen Vocabulary Due
Complete any Impromptu Speeches

Wednesday

Unit Thirteen Vocabulary Test

Thursday

Introduction to How To Speech

Friday

Reading Day

Week of March 9th

Monday

To be or not to be essay due
Introduce Unit 13 Vocabulary

Tuesday- Wednesday

Introduction to Speech
Impromptu Speeches

Thursday

Review AR
Reading Day

Friday

No School

Week of March 2nd

Monday - Friday

On Monday, essay on film Hamlet is due.

This week, students will study and interpret the meaning of Hamlet's To Be or Not To Be soliloquy. Students will write work with groups, review unknown words, watch different film adaptations and write an essay.

Week of February 23rd

Monday - Friday

Continue watching Hamlet.

Week of February 16th

Monday

No School

Tuesday

Unit Twelve Vocabulary

Wednesday

Novel Essay Due
Introduction to Hamlet.

Thursday - Friday

Watch Mel Gibson's Hamlet and complete handout on elements of drama.

Week of February 9th

Monday - Tuesday

Workshop Novel Essay

Wednesday

Vocabulary Unit Twelve Due

Thursday

Unit Twelve Vocabulary Test

Friday

No School

Week of February 2nd

Monday

Novel Essay Draft Due by the end of the day.

Tuesday

Introduce Unit 12 vocabulary.

Wednesday - Friday

Students will peer review, revise and edit Novel Essay - due February 17th.

Week of January 26th

Monday - Friday

Students will workshop novel argument.

Ten page rough draft due by class on Monday, February 2nd.

Week of January 19th

Monday - Friday

Students will workshop novel argument.

Introduction due on Tuesday.
Five pages of writing due on Friday.

Week of January 12th

Monday - Friday

Students will research and prewrite for their novel argument.

One citation and research due on Monday.
Three citations and research due on Wednesday.
All six citations and research due on Friday.

Week of January 5th

Monday
Review requirements for midterm and Novel Argument.

Tuesday

Workshop midterm and Novel Argument.

Wednesday - Friday

Midterm Due on Wednesday
Research at the library.

Week of December 22nd

Monday

Argumentative essay on a poem due.
Introduction to Mid Term Essay.
Review requirements for Novel Essay.

Tuesday

Workshop Mid Term and Novel Essay.

Wednesday - Friday

Happy Holidays!

Week of December 15th

Monday - Tuesday

Peer Review and Workshop Poetry Argument

Wednesday

Unit eleven vocabulary due.

Thursday

Vocabulary test on Unit Eleven.

Friday

Peer Review and Workshop Poetry Argument
Week of December 8th

Monday - Tuesday

Workshop poetry argument.

Wednesday

Introduction to Unit Eleven Vocabulary - Due Thursday, December 18th.

Thursday - Friday


Peer Review

Week of December 2nd

Monday

No School

Tuesday - Friday

Students will begin researching and analyzing a poem of their choice. They will workshop their rough draft.

Week of November 24th

Monday-Wednesday

On Monday, the rhetorical analysis of An Inconvenient Truth is due.

During this week, students will be introduced to their argumentative poetry essay. They should begin research the poem they choose.

Week of November 17th

Monday - Wednesday

Students will peer review rhetorical analysis and workshop final draft. Paper due on Monday, November 24th.

Thursday

Unit Ten Vocabulary Due

Friday

Unit Ten Vocabulary Test

Week of November 10th

Monday
No school - Parent/Teacher conferences

Tuesday

Introduction to Unit Ten Vocabulary

Wednesday

Reading Day

Thursday

Peer Review

Friday

Field Trip

Week of November 3rd

Monday - Wednesday

Students will continue viewing and note-taking of An Inconvenient Truth

Thursday - Friday

Students will have workshop time for their rough draft of a rhetorical analysis of An Invonvenient Truth. Draft due Tuesday, November 11th.

Week of October 27th

Monday

Unit Nine Vocabulary Due

Tuesday

Unit Nine Vocabulary Quiz

Wednesday - Friday

Watch An Inconvenient Truth. Students will complete a rhetorical analysis of the documentary. As they watch, they will take notes for their rhetorical analysis.

Week of October 20th

Monday-Friday

During the week, students will be planning, drafting, revising, reviewing and editing a rhetorical analysis of a television commercial. The rough draft is due on Wednesday and the final draft will be due the following week.

Week of October 13th

Monday

Teacher In Service

Tuesday

Rhetorical Analysis of Commercial Presentation

Wednesday

Assign Commercial Rhetorical Analysis

Thursday

Unit 9 Vocabulary

Friday

Reading Day
Week of October 6th

Monday

Final Draft of Persuasive Essay due.

Introduction to Rhetoric and Style.

Tuesday

Continue introduction to Rhetoric and Style.

Wednesday - Friday

Introduction to rhetorical analysis. Students will analyze and present that analysis of a television commercial.


Week of September 29th

Monday

Typed Draft of persuasive essay due. Reading Day.

Tuesday - Wednesday

Peer Review and persuasive essay workshop.
Persuasive essay final copy due Monday.

Thursday

Introduction to Unit 9 Vocabulary Words.

Friday

Introduction to Rhetorical Essays.

Week of September 22nd

Monday

Narrative Essay Due
Vocabulary, Unit 8 Due

In class, we will review the vocabulary. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Wednesday.

Tuesday

Review introduction to Argument.
Students will read and respond to "What is a Crime?" on page 447, "A Crime of Compassion" on page 343.
Introduce Graphic Organize for persuasive essay.

Wednesday

Vocabulary Quiz.

Thursday - Friday

Review readings and Graphic Organizer..


Week of September 15th

Monday

Typed Narrative Draft due.
Students will be introduced to Unit 8 Vocabulary - Due, Monday, September 22nd.

Tuesday - Wednesday

Peer review of Narrative Essay. Publishable Draft due on Monday, September 22nd.

Thursday

Introduction to Persuasive Writing.
Students will read and respond to "What is a Crime?" on page 447.

Friday
Review "What is a Crime?"

Week of September 8th

Monday

Review Narrative writing.


We will review the expectations for our Reading Journal and students will read "What's in a Name" on page 376 and "Momma, the Dentist and Me" on page 386. Students will respond to the questions and the end.

Tuesday

We will review the selections, introduce Narrative Writing and review the writing process.

Wednesday - Thursday

Students will complete a prewriting activity and a rough draft of a Personal Narrative Writing - typed rough draft due on Monday, September 15th.

Friday

Book Talk
Independent Reading


Week of September 1st

Monday

No School

Tuesday

This I Believe essays due - students will begin sharing them with the class.

Wednesday

Students will continue sharing essays with the class.

Thursday

We will review the expectations for our Reading Journal and students will read "What's in a Name" on page 376 and "Momma, the Dentist and Me" on page 386. Students will respond to the questions and the end.

Friday

We will review the selections, introduce Narrative Writing and review the writing process.

Week of August 25th

Monday

Introduction to class - students will bring home a syllabus and information for Remind.

Tuesday

Information about "This I Believe" essay. More information can be found here - www.thisibelieve.org.

Introduction to the Writing Process.

Prewriting activity for "This I Believe" essay.

Wednesday

Drafting "This I Believe" essay - due Thursday.

Thursday

Peer Review - "This I Believe" essay.
Final draft (typed hard copy and video) due September 2nd.

Friday

AR book approval
Book Talk
Independent Reading